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during hargill, texas. they're in hidalgo. and director, i believe you're heading over there to visit the family and him also. i think he was shot there last week. again, thank you for showing. showing in one of the counties i represent. these terrible incidents are a stark reminder of the men and women that law enforcement put their lives on the line every day to make our country more secure. we greatly appreciate their service and sacrifice. the purpose of today's hearing is to examine the status of i.c.e. secure communities program, along with the agency's plan for the secure future of the program. removing aliens from the u.s. has been a congressional priority since 1986 with the passage of the immigration reform control act. the department of homeland security and its predecessor agency have operated programs targeting criminal aliens for removal since 1988. today under the secure communities program when participating law enforcement agencies submit the fingerprints of arrestees to the fbi for criminal background checks,
during hargill, texas. they're in hidalgo. and director, i believe you're heading over there to visit the family and him also. i think he was shot there last week. again, thank you for showing. showing in one of the counties i represent. these terrible incidents are a stark reminder of the men and women that law enforcement put their lives on the line every day to make our country more secure. we greatly appreciate their service and sacrifice. the purpose of today's hearing is to examine the...
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., that apply properly and the folks in midland, texas, and the church in midland is very efficient. they have link with the other churches in town and they know the folks that need food help and those folks get it. they also know the folks who are trying to scam the system and they work to try to not let that happen as well. we don't have anything nearly that efficient within the program. our colleague mentioned the 3.8% air rate and that means we're wasting the fraud abuses a mere $4 billion, excuse me. that's a sizeable amount of money. >> would the gentleman yield? >> no. and so we're all going have to take a hard vote on this issue and we've looked at it and we've looked at the provisions and some of my colleagues would like to vote to try food stamp spending even more than the 16 that we proposed in this bill and i see it as a compromise to make sure we wind up with a bipartisan bill that comes up out of my committee. so these are targeted reductions that target folks who don't otherwise qualify to be on the programs and i'm hard pressed to offer the future americans that will
., that apply properly and the folks in midland, texas, and the church in midland is very efficient. they have link with the other churches in town and they know the folks that need food help and those folks get it. they also know the folks who are trying to scam the system and they work to try to not let that happen as well. we don't have anything nearly that efficient within the program. our colleague mentioned the 3.8% air rate and that means we're wasting the fraud abuses a mere $4 billion,...
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secure communities was launched in harris county, texas, in october of 2008. we have come a long, long way since that time. secure communities is now deployed in every state of the union and fully deployed in every state save alabama and illinois. put another way, secure communities has been deployed to 3,074 of the 3181 jurisdictions in the united states, a remarkable achievement in just under four years. i am confident we will complete full deployment in the near future starting with the remaining jurisdictions in alabama when the 11 circuit rules on the pending litigation over alabama's immigration law. for the first time in our nation's history, we can uniformly identify individuals who are here unlawfully and are subsequently arrested for a crime provided their fingerprints are on file with the fbi and dhs. this fingerprint sharing between the fbi and dhs, itself mandated by congress in 2002, now permits i.c.e. to identify large numbers of criminal offenders subject to removal as well as individuals who have been previously removed or have an outstanding
secure communities was launched in harris county, texas, in october of 2008. we have come a long, long way since that time. secure communities is now deployed in every state of the union and fully deployed in every state save alabama and illinois. put another way, secure communities has been deployed to 3,074 of the 3181 jurisdictions in the united states, a remarkable achievement in just under four years. i am confident we will complete full deployment in the near future starting with the...
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>> the gentleman from texas is recognized. >> thank you mr. germain. i respectfully rise in opposition to my colleagues. i apologize but this program is -- that he is proposing has certain aspects that make it look like gannett year marked, and these companies already get an indirect subsidy they present through the existing field service that has built on federal crop insurance and the vouchers that they would get under this direct payment which we have done away with has fallen under a pretty dark cloud given the general dislike for the payments, so i believe the product which is based on the mathematics the one that i am told is a directly qualified with this is much more like gambling than it is insurance. i will argue against expanding the crop insurance to include this product. >> i yield back. >> the gentleman yields back. >> the chair moves to strike the last word and recognizes himself for two minutes and with the gentleman yield to an inquiry about the ultimate intention on this amendment today? it's my understanding that you are willing to w
>> the gentleman from texas is recognized. >> thank you mr. germain. i respectfully rise in opposition to my colleagues. i apologize but this program is -- that he is proposing has certain aspects that make it look like gannett year marked, and these companies already get an indirect subsidy they present through the existing field service that has built on federal crop insurance and the vouchers that they would get under this direct payment which we have done away with has fallen...
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. >> hi guys, elena from texas has a question about vacations. >> okay, so we're on vacation. girls are on vacation, wives are on vacation, and we left you in charge. why do you feel the need to micromanage or have us micromanage, texting and calling and asking us to schedule, when we're on vacation? it's your job. >> let them go on vacation. >> i didn't understand a word of that. >> i didn't get that. >> what is happening is they're on vacation and the husbands are calling back to find out how to do stuff. is that what's happening? >> you understood this? >> like where's the ballet bag and when does she go and -- >> i'm actually glad when my wife goes and leaves me with my son. now we're going to do things my way. hey, now is your chance to do things your way and leave me alone. >> it should make you feel good. he likes being told what to do. he listens to you. even on vacation you got to tell him, make sure you text whoever she needs you to text. >> why aren't they vacationing as a family? >> that was my first thing. >> no, no. >> all right. all right. i'm concerned about th
. >> hi guys, elena from texas has a question about vacations. >> okay, so we're on vacation. girls are on vacation, wives are on vacation, and we left you in charge. why do you feel the need to micromanage or have us micromanage, texting and calling and asking us to schedule, when we're on vacation? it's your job. >> let them go on vacation. >> i didn't understand a word of that. >> i didn't get that. >> what is happening is they're on vacation and the...
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the areas getting the rainfall is down around in texas. heavy rain this morning with thunderstorms outside of houston and into central portions of louisiana. from there all the way through mississippi, alabama and georgia, that's where the rain is going to be today. that's where the humidity is. if you've noticed in the northeast lately, mid-atlantic, great lakes, ohio valley, it hasn't been that humid latedy. we need the humidity to get the thunderstorms in the afternoon and we desperately need some wet weather. but for today into tomorrow, most wet weather is down here in the southeast. we're not going to get it to the areas that need it, including new england, another dry warm day. temperatures in the 90s from albany to hartford, the humidity levels are very low, it won't be the oppressive heat and humidity. d.c. and philadelphia, another day in the 90s for you. still in the 90s from chicago to kansas city. the heavy rain threats in the southeast. still very warm in the west. it was 103 in salt lake city, utah yesterday and in death val
the areas getting the rainfall is down around in texas. heavy rain this morning with thunderstorms outside of houston and into central portions of louisiana. from there all the way through mississippi, alabama and georgia, that's where the rain is going to be today. that's where the humidity is. if you've noticed in the northeast lately, mid-atlantic, great lakes, ohio valley, it hasn't been that humid latedy. we need the humidity to get the thunderstorms in the afternoon and we desperately...
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the gentleman from texas is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. amendment number 34 at the desk. the clerk will distribute amendment number 34. the gentleman from stx recognized for mr. conway recognized for two minutes to explain his amendment number 34. >> thank you, mr. chairman. my good friend and i present this amendment. this amendment simply put an end to the rulemaking plaguing cattle producers for more than two years. aware of the fact that the -- rulemaking went well beyond the language of 2008 farm bill and threaten l the livestock and poultry market. in particular threat to end the value added marketing opportunity producers use to satisfy their customers remain profitable. i want to thank him for cooperating with the amendment with me it impacts producers across the country. to kill the issue once and for all and allow them to get back to fighting back. >> who seeks recognition on the topic? >> mr. chairman. the ranking member seeks recognition. >> i move to strike the last word. >> recognized two for minutes. >> what this does is rep
the gentleman from texas is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. amendment number 34 at the desk. the clerk will distribute amendment number 34. the gentleman from stx recognized for mr. conway recognized for two minutes to explain his amendment number 34. >> thank you, mr. chairman. my good friend and i present this amendment. this amendment simply put an end to the rulemaking plaguing cattle producers for more than two years. aware of the fact that the -- rulemaking went well...
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we talked about fdr, both of whom -- johnson used to follow texas school board results to relax. and fdr used to worry about who is going to be the post master in akron. he loved that. i do think bill clinton ranks with that group. and he just -- his -- the vital force and to go to arianna's point, exactly right, one of the curious things about president obama actually, which is he doesn't seem to love this. and bill clinton, you never doubted, you may have doubted lots of things about bill clinton, but the fact he liked his job was not one of them. >> that's actually very interesting. we do not have president obama on our list of 50 people. we do not have a sitting president and our reasoning is that he has the highest intentions, but he does not seem to have the will to manifest them. and the will to manifest the intentions good or bad is at the heart of being a political animal. in fact, we included martin luther king which may seem surprising because as well as being this incredible visionary and idealist, he was a masterful tactician. the montgomery busboy could the w boycot
we talked about fdr, both of whom -- johnson used to follow texas school board results to relax. and fdr used to worry about who is going to be the post master in akron. he loved that. i do think bill clinton ranks with that group. and he just -- his -- the vital force and to go to arianna's point, exactly right, one of the curious things about president obama actually, which is he doesn't seem to love this. and bill clinton, you never doubted, you may have doubted lots of things about bill...